Yayoi Kusama : 1945-now /

"Most comprehensive survey of the artist's work to date. Organised around six thematic sections, it includes a series of essays exploring different aspects of her practice, a detailed illustrated chronology, and examples of her extensive writings--some of which have never been published be...

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Corporate Authors: M+ (Museum : Hong Kong, China)
Group Author: Kusama, Yayoi.; Chong, Doryun. (Editor); Yoshitake, Mika (Editor); Jones, Alex A. (writer of foreword.); Tam, Isabella; Raffel, Suhanya, 1962-
Published: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; in collaboration with M+,
Publisher Address: London : Hong Kong :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Most comprehensive survey of the artist's work to date. Organised around six thematic sections, it includes a series of essays exploring different aspects of her practice, a detailed illustrated chronology, and examples of her extensive writings--some of which have never been published before"--Jacket.
Item Description: "With 347 illustrations"--Title page.
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition at M+, Hong Kong, 12 November 2022 to 14 May 2023"--Colophon.
Carrier Form: 395 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-388) and index.
ISBN: 9780500025857
0500025851
Index Number: N7359
CLC: J131.3-28
Call Number: J131.3-28/Y35
Contents: Foreword /
Transmigration of a soul: Yayoi Kusama's eternal recurrence /
Infinity --
Accumulation --
The Biocosmic --
Radical connectivity --
Death --
Force of life /
Visual chronology: the life and times of Yayoi Kusama /
Narcissus garden: how Yayoi Kusama has become a global cultural icon and what she and her art can teach us about the way we exist in the world now /
Yayoi Kusama: body, death, and transformation /
Roundtable discussion: Yayoi Kusama's exhibitions /
Selected writings --
Essay: "The painter's appeal: open your eyes to art" (excerpt), 1952 -- Essay: "Ivan the fool," 1955 --
Correspondence: with Georgia O'Keefe, 1955 -- Essay: "Excerpts from postwar reflections," ca. 1960 --
Essay: "Under the spell of accumulation," 1961 --
Interview: "Miss Yayoi Kusama: interview /
Artist statement: "Garden of Narcissus," 1966 --
Interview: Jud Yalkut, "The polka dot way of life (conversations with Yayoi Kusama)," New York Free Press, 15 February 1968 --
Manifesto: Anatomic explosion press release, 13 October 1968 --
Essay: "Museum politics," 1970 -- Play: Tokyo Leee (excerpt), ca. 1971 --
Essay: "The struggle and wanderings of my soul' (excerpt), 1975 --
Interview: "Yoshie Yoshida dialogue series" (excerpt), 1982 --
Essay: "'Beyond obsession'! [sic]: Kusama opens a shining door to the 21st century," 1988 --
Poem: "Resplendent road," 2007 --
Interview: "Ryū Murakami calls on Yayoi Kusama," 2015.